Local health watchdog publishes annual report

Healthwatch Rochdale

Healthwatch Rochdale have published their Annual Report 2017/18 containing highlights from the previous twelve months and details of the year ahead.

The annual report reflects the 'work the organisation has carried out and the difference it has made to local services and residents'.

Highlights from the year include:

• Healthwatch Rochdale, in partnership with Sure Start Centres, spoke to 242 mums to help improve local maternity services
• Carried out a programme of announced enter and view visits at GP surgeries
• Collected local intelligence, and used Healthwatch Rochdale’s statutory power to carry out unannounced enter and view visits
• Provided information and advice to over 100 service users
• Published reports around care providers, GP services and maternity services to influence change
• Recognsed by Healthwatch England which commended the organisations work around development of volunteers

Hundreds of comments have been received from members of the public and delivered to the appropriate bodies for action: Healthwatch England, the Care Quality Commission and local services. A spokesperson said: "These have made a genuine difference to the quality of life of people living in the Rochdale borough."